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during detective dewster 'd brief visit stevie 's mood completed a quick evolution from annoyed to irritated , as though she'd been expectiing all along that the outcome would be something akin to what it had turned out to be . i was left with the impression that this wasn't the first time she had been recruited for a fool's errand involing her older sibling .
stevuie had been directly behind the detecyive while she her cursory check of the premises , trailing her from the kitchen to the living room to the bedroom to the bathroom and back to the tiled area by the front door . as i chased behind them , i'd heard stevie mutter ," just typical ," at least twice .
i turned to her after the detective had made her exit and shut the door . " what is typical , stevie ?" i asked ." i thought you said earlier that this was typical of lisa ."
"did i ?" she shook her head and again moved her purse strap higher on those skeletal shoulders .
the histrionics were amateur . does that act actually work with someone ? her husband ? it was hard to imagine . i certainly didn't feel any inclination to play along .
i said ," i'm pretty sure you did ."
she spread her fingers , [alm up ." who knows ?" she raised her eyebrows disingenuously for punctuation .
her eyes told me that she recognized i wasn't planning to give her glowing review .
during detective dewster 'd brief visit stevie 's mood completed a quick evolution from annoyed to irritated , as though she'd been expectiing all along that the outcome would be something akin to what it had turned out to be . i was left with the impression that this wasn't the first time she had been recruited for a fool's errand involing her older sibling .
stevuie had been directly behind the detecyive while she her cursory check of the premises , trailing her from the kitchen to the living room to the bedroom to the bathroom and back to the tiled area by the front door . as i chased behind them , i'd heard stevie mutter ," just typical ," at least twice .
i turned to her after the detective had made her exit and shut the door . " what is typical , stevie ?" i asked ." i thought you said earlier that this was typical of lisa ."
"did i ?" she shook her head and again moved her purse strap higher on those skeletal shoulders .
the histrionics were amateur . does that act actually work with someone ? her husband ? it was hard to imagine . i certainly didn't feel any inclination to play along .
i said ," i'm pretty sure you did ."
she spread her fingers , [alm up ." who knows ?" she raised her eyebrows disingenuously for punctuation .
her eyes told me that she recognized i wasn't planning to give her glowing review .
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